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What's New In Java Half-Day Part 1

Java has quietly grown into a more expressive, flexible, and modern language — but many developers haven’t kept up with the latest features. This two-part workshop explores the most useful additions to Java from recent releases, with hands-on examples and real-world scenarios.

Whether you’re still catching up from Java 8 or already using Java 21+, this series will give you a practical edge in writing cleaner, more modern Java code.

  • sealed classes
  • record
  • Pattern Matching
  • Text Blocks
  • switch expressions
  • Flexible Constructor Bodies

About Daniel Hinojosa

Daniel is a programmer, consultant, instructor, speaker, and recent author. With over 20 years of experience, he does work for private, educational, and government institutions. He is also currently a speaker for No Fluff Just Stuff tour. Daniel loves JVM languages like Java, Groovy, and Scala; but also dabbles with non JVM languages like Haskell, Ruby, Python, LISP, C, C++. He is an avid Pomodoro Technique Practitioner and makes every attempt to learn a new programming language every year. For downtime, he enjoys reading, swimming, Legos, football, and barbecuing.

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